WESTON QUARRY Metal/Non-Metal

ON 8-20 EE WAS WALKING AROUND AN ENGINE TO TIGHTEN AN AIR CLEANER WHEN HE STUMBLED. WHEN EE STUMBLED HE STUCK HIS RIGHT ARM OUT FOR BALANCE AND HIS HAND CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE HOT ENGINE, BURNING HIS HAND. ON 8-25 EE SOUGHT MEDICAL.

EE WAS HELPING CARRY A PIECE OF SCREEN CLOTH TO A TRUCK WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE WAS TREATED AT A HOSPITAL & WAS PUT ON NO-WORK STATUS. ON 8/11/97 EE WAS RELEASED BY DR T O RETURN TO WORK WITH NO RESTRICTIONS.

EMPLOYEE HAD FINISHED WELDING AT HOPPER UNDER PRIMARY FEEDER. WHILE EXITING HOPPER HE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.

EE COLLAPSED ON A RAMP LEADING TO A CRUSHER. INVESTIGATION INDICATED THAT EE MAY HAVE STEPPED ON AN OVAERSIZED ROCK, TWISTING HIS LEFT KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING STEEL COVER FOR 275 C LOADER WHEN I SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HANDS AND FLEL ON HIS FOOT, FRACTURING RIGHT TOE.

EE WAS REMOVING BOLTS FROM A SCREEN MOTOR. HE DID NOT REALIZE BAS WAS SPRING LOADED. WHEN LAST BOLT WAS REMOVED THE TOP OF THE PIVOT BASE ROTATED, PINCHING HIS RIGHT FOREARM BETWEEN MOUNT AND FRAME RESULTING IN A LACERATION REQUIRING STITCHES.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING A BAROKEN COUPLER ON A STEEL DRILL. AS HE STRUCK THE BROKEN PART WITH A HAMMER TO LOOSEN IT, A PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF & LODGED IN HIS LEG WHICH REQUIRED SURGICAL DEBRID MENT.

EMPLOYEE WAS PRYING STONE LOOSE IN THE CRUSHER WHEN ANOTHER STONE FELL FROM ABOVE AND HIT THE END OF THE BAR. THEREFORE, THIS CAUSED OTHER END OF THE BAR TO RISE, STRIKING HIM IN THE CHIN.

EMPLOYEE WAS EXISTING DRILL TRUCK WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL N HIS RIGHT KNEE. ON 9-5-91, SUPERINTENDENT LEARNED OF INCIDENT AND SENT IN REPORT TO MAIN OFFICE.

EMPLOYEE WAS SHARPENING DRILL BITS AT THE BIT GRINDING SHED. HE DROPPED A DRILL BIT AND WHEN HE BENT OVER TO PICK IT UP HE BUMPED INTO THE GRINDER RESULTING IN A LACERATION TO HIS RIGHT ARM WH ICH NEEDED 3 STITCHES.

ON 11/9 MEDICAL REPORT WAS RECEIVED BY CO WHICH STATED THAT ON 9/18 EMPL HAD BEEN PLACED ON NO WORK STATUS FOR THREE DAYS AS RESULT OF BRUISING RIGHT ELBOW WHILE PULLING ON WRENCH AT WORK. EMP L DID NOT REPORT INCIDENT TO CO WHEN IT OCCURRED& HAD TAKEN 3 DAYS VACATION DURING THREE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK. THIS REPORT IS BEING FILED WITHIN 10 DAYS FROM TIME THAT THIS INFORMATION BECAME

IN THE COURSE OF PREPARING FOR A QUARRY FACE DETONATION, WARNING WAS GIVEN AND ALL PERSONS WERE REMOVED FROM THE BLAST AREA. HOWEVER, IT APPEARS THAT THE DETONATION UNEXPECTEDLY PROPELLED A FL Y ROCK BEYOND THE BLAST AREA AND BEYOND THE MINE PROPERTY WHERE IT EVIDENTLY STRUCK AN INDIVIDUAL LATER IDENTIFIED AS I.NAME. I.NAME, WHO WAS NOT AN EMPLOYEE, WAS ON HIS RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.

ON 6=13-90 EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT HE RECEIVED A MINOR BURNM WHEN SPARKS WENT INTO HIS RT EAR WHILE WELDING EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT THAT HE HAD BEEN EXAMINED BY A PHYSICIAN ON 10-22-90 A MEDICA L REPORT WAS OBTAINED FROM THE PHYSICAN INDICATITHAT THE BURN WAS SECOND DEGREE & IT HAD BEEN NECESSARY TO TREAT IT WITH ANTIBIOTICS EMPLOYEE WAS NEVER ON RESTRICTED WORK & LOST NO TIME THIS

EMPL REMOVING BOLTS FROM HOUSTING USING AIR IMPACT WRENCH TO LOOSEN BOLTS.WRENCH SLIPPED AND FELL ON FINGER CUTTING IT.

EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING STEPS, STEPPED ON A SMALL ROCK WHICH CAUSED HIM TO TWIST ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING A DRILL BIT; HE HAD WEDGED THE TABLE COLLAR UP ON THE DRILL STEEL WITH A CSCREW DRIVER. WHILE REMOVING BIT, THE SCREW DRIVER SLIPPED AND CUT HIS RIGHT TUMB.

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON HAMMER MILL WHEN WELDING ROD TOUCHED MILL BEFORE HE GOT HIS HOOD DOWN CAUSING CONJUNCTIVITIS TO RIGHT EYE

EMPL WAS DESCENDING FROM CAB OF DRILL RIG WHEN HIS L FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL BACKWARDS TO GROUND GROUND WAS UNEVEN AND HE TWISTED RIGHT ANKLE UPON LANDING

EMPL REMOVING P3ECE OF STEEL OUT OF TRUCK WITH ENGINE PULLER.THE PULLER TWISTED -CYLINDER SLIPPED CATCHING EMPL HAND BETWEEN CYLINDER AND BRACE.

EMPL CHANGING C5BLE ON DRAGLINE.HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN HAMMER HANDLE AND BAR CUTTING MIDDLE FINGER RIGHT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING 275 LOADER MISSED LAST STEP ON LADDER TWISTING HIS BACK.